There may be something about human nature that makes it difficult to focus for long on fat tail risk - the unlikely, but catastrophic, failures that accompany complexity.
The communications failure that accompanied the fall of the towers gave New York a frightening glimpse of a busted future -- Wall Street without telephones, a ghost town.
He was a fantastically resilient man who never cried but with the sense of personal failure that accompanied the disappearance of his income, he talked about killing himself.
The controversy over the use of drone aircraft; the intelligence failure that accompanied the Arab Spring in 2011; and the inadequate security presence in Libya in the wake of the killing of Muammar Gaddafi have not received the necessary scrutiny.
The scandal enveloped them both as did the lingering sense of failure and poor timing that accompanied the results of a referendum on Sunday on whether the president's term should be cut to five years from seven.
Even now, says Flagship Ventures' Mr Afeyan, Boston society is harsh on all the "necessary failures" that accompany the odd Cisco.
Bit by bit, we see the failures that accompany his faith, born of the impatience and cold arrogance that Bethune shares, as he belatedly comes to realize, with his father.
With respect to pedagogical practice, one teacher posited that teachers have come to rely on correct solutions just as students have and must become more comfortable with the inherent risks and potential failures that accompany project-based approaches.
In each case, the father was on hand to handle the huge responsibility that came with leading the championship or the anxiety and heartache that accompanied perceived failure.
Just as Mr. Chávez appeared to back off from his threats, an explosion at a Texas refinery on Monday reminded traders and hedge fund managers of the gasoline shortages and price increases that accompanied similar refinery failures last year.
